Paul Wight to appear on Dynamite this week with a secret role

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The Giant formerly known as The Big Show in WWE, Paul Wight, has been talking about getting back in the ring for a few months. The 54-year-old has also been showing off the hard work he put into his goal of getting physical on a pro wrestling show for the first time since early 2024, when he did so on Chris Jericho’s cruise. Before the Beach Break edition of Dynamite last night (July 8) in Fort Lauderdale, Wight was doing promotional work for the live show in Florida and said he might “slap some people around” for the folks in attendance. We also thought we spied him in ring attire on the pre-show Twitch stream. It wasn’t just a tease, and that was his ring gear. We saw it when he made his way down to the ring to save Steve Borden, Jr. and Sting’s son’s tag partner Kiran Grey when they were being attacked by The Swirl. Paul Wight saving Baby Sting pic.twitter.com/60bWtoqwJy — Anthony (@edgewalker81) July 8, 2026 The legs don’t look super-stable, but moving carefully Wight seems confident on his new knees and hips. The chop still sounds great, unfortunately for Blake Christian. And he can still get elevation on his choke slam, at least when working with an old pro like Jay Lethal. Ahead of AEW Dynamite Beach Break, the legendary Paul Wight appears to make the save for Sting's son Steven Borden and Kiran Grey against Jay Lethal and Blake Christianpic.twitter.com/iDNkGUFLkG — WrestleTalk (@WrestleTalk_TV) July 9, 2026 And, hey, it doesn’t hurt to get “Baby Sting” some more experience, and remind the sickos and the wrestle web that Tony Khan says Steve Borden, Jr. is a big part of AEW’s future. It also provides a nice full circle moment for fka Big Show’s career. When he was The Giant in his WCW days, Wight often worked opposite Sting. They even won the WCW Tag titles from The Outsiders at Slamboree 1998, but they couldn’t co-exist for long during their ongoing program with Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. Now he’s made up to The Icon by keeping an eye on his boy.

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CHICAGO, IL - JULY 21: Paul Donald Wight aka Big Show attends the Special Olympics 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island on July 21, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Redferns) Paul Wight was a guest on Good Day Live the other day, and while promoting this week’s special “Beach Break” episode of Dynamite in Clearwater, Florida, he broke some news while running down what fans can expect to see: “Well, it’s our AEW product. I mean, it’s an incredible wrestling live event, also televised on HBO MAX and TBS. … We’re going to have some great matches. We have MJF — who is a very popular talent, he was in an Adam Sandler movie, he’s a bad guy, not many people like him, he’s a little bit mouthy — taking on Kenny Omega for the AEW World Championship. We’ve got another local. Chris Jericho will be competing. We’ve got Takeshita versus Kyle Fletcher. So, there’s a lot of great AEW talent. It’s a good night of wrestling, a good night of entertainment, and it’s also cost effective. It’s where you get more bang for your buck. So you’re going to be on TV if you get there. Great live event. Also, I am going to be in the ring doing something. I can’t tell you what, because it’s a big secret, but if you come you will see me maybe slap some people around.” It’s been more than two years since Wight worked a match but it wasn’t long ago that he said he put himself through hell to get back in the ring again. He’s been seeing results in the gym too! Why not get him out there on television when he’s under contract and let him do something fun with someone? Who knows, maybe he’s the guy who welcomes a recently departed WWE talent to AEW?!? Take your best guess below.